The Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Invites you to a seminar on
Building a Low Carbon Economy in Brazil:Perspectives on Renewable Energy Public Policies
Friday April 29th,2011 – 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Woodrow Wilson International Centerfor Scholars
5th FloorConference Room
RSVP (Acceptances only): jillian.macnaughton@wilsoncenter.org
Speaker: Barbara da Costa de Oliveira, Supervisor,Global Sustainability, Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Discussants: Marcelo Cavalcanti Guerra, Superintendent, Union for the Sugar and EthanolIndustry of Pernambuco (SINDACUCAR); Eduardo Azevedo Rodrigues,Executive Secretary of Energy, Secretariat of Water and Energy ResourcesPernambuco; Luiz Antonio Rossi, Researcher, Solar and Wind RenewableEnergy, Interdisciplinary Center of Energy Planning, University of Campinas; RosangelaMoreira de Araujo, Superintendent of Biofuels and Product Quality, NationalAgency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP)
Moderator: Paulo Sotero, Director, BrazilInstitute
A recently concluded analysis by theFundacao Getulio Vargas discusses a series of proposals for incentives in the productionand development of renewable energy in Brazil.
For more informationand directions, visit www.wilsoncenter.org\brazil
Todos podem acompanhar amanha, via webcasting, a palestra de Barbara Oliveira, Coordenadora do Programa Sustentabilidade Global, no Brazil Institute do Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington DC).
Barbara falará sobre as Propostas de Políticas Públicas para o setor de Energia elaboradas no âmbito do EPC em 2010.
A apresentação será transmitida ao vivo, via webcasting, amanhã, dia 29/04, das 15h às 17h (horário de Brasília) no site www.wilsoncenter.org\brazil.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Investors call on companies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
A new investor-led CDP initiative, Carbon Action, launched this month in response to investor requirements to accelerate company action on carbon reduction activities.
A vanguard group of 35 investors with US$7.6 trillion in assets including Aviva Investors, CCLA Investment Management and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) are requesting that the largest 500 public companies in the world take concrete action to reduce their emissions.
Steve Waygood, Head of Sustainability, Research and Engagement at Aviva Investors, a founding supporter of the Carbon Action initiative, says: “We believe that the external costs of greenhouse gas emissions will become internalised into company cash flows and profitability. We encourage companies to consider what action that they can take now to reduce emissions.”Find out more about this first investor request to reduce emissions.
Emissions link to profitability drives new Carbon Action initiativeThere are significant business benefits for companies in reducing their emissions and this is the driving force behind CDP’s new investor-led initiative, Carbon Action.
Craig Mckenzie at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership believes: “Often companies do not need to make a choice between ethical goals or higher financial returns – that’s the great attraction. In the face of rising energy costs reducing emissions means making more money.”
There is multiple evidence that disclosure has already helped encourage companies to set emissions reduction targets. Vestas, one of the founding supporters of Carbon Action, tells us: “It does take time to understand what is required in the reporting process and to collect answers from across the organization but it helps to set targets and maximize reductions.”
Carbon Action now goes a step further asking companies to undertake concrete action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a natural evolution, but it also represents a new era in investor focus on the benefits of carbon reductions.
A commitment to verificationCDP strongly encourages the application of robust and credible verification procedures in the collection of carbon emissions data, as well as the actions taken to reduce them.
Whilst companies are not currently required to verify the data submitted to CDP, it is encouraged through the scoring methodology which allocates a noteworthy percentage of points to verification. To qualify for entry to the Carbon Performance Leadership Index companies must verify their Scope 1 and 2 data.
CDP has formed a verification working group, in which we collaborate closely with selected verification partners -- Bureau Veritas, LRQA and TÜV NORD -- in order to support reporting companies with helpful resources and further develop CDP’s approach to verification. As part of this work, the CDP is developing a verification strategy that will be published in the summer of 2011 and communicated to reporting companies globally.
A vanguard group of 35 investors with US$7.6 trillion in assets including Aviva Investors, CCLA Investment Management and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) are requesting that the largest 500 public companies in the world take concrete action to reduce their emissions.
Steve Waygood, Head of Sustainability, Research and Engagement at Aviva Investors, a founding supporter of the Carbon Action initiative, says: “We believe that the external costs of greenhouse gas emissions will become internalised into company cash flows and profitability. We encourage companies to consider what action that they can take now to reduce emissions.”Find out more about this first investor request to reduce emissions.
Emissions link to profitability drives new Carbon Action initiativeThere are significant business benefits for companies in reducing their emissions and this is the driving force behind CDP’s new investor-led initiative, Carbon Action.
Craig Mckenzie at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership believes: “Often companies do not need to make a choice between ethical goals or higher financial returns – that’s the great attraction. In the face of rising energy costs reducing emissions means making more money.”
There is multiple evidence that disclosure has already helped encourage companies to set emissions reduction targets. Vestas, one of the founding supporters of Carbon Action, tells us: “It does take time to understand what is required in the reporting process and to collect answers from across the organization but it helps to set targets and maximize reductions.”
Carbon Action now goes a step further asking companies to undertake concrete action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a natural evolution, but it also represents a new era in investor focus on the benefits of carbon reductions.
A commitment to verificationCDP strongly encourages the application of robust and credible verification procedures in the collection of carbon emissions data, as well as the actions taken to reduce them.
Whilst companies are not currently required to verify the data submitted to CDP, it is encouraged through the scoring methodology which allocates a noteworthy percentage of points to verification. To qualify for entry to the Carbon Performance Leadership Index companies must verify their Scope 1 and 2 data.
CDP has formed a verification working group, in which we collaborate closely with selected verification partners -- Bureau Veritas, LRQA and TÜV NORD -- in order to support reporting companies with helpful resources and further develop CDP’s approach to verification. As part of this work, the CDP is developing a verification strategy that will be published in the summer of 2011 and communicated to reporting companies globally.
Brazil: Sustainability Public Private Parternship
Here in Brazil we're living a very interesting moment about how to increase production while conserving more. The government (National and some States like Sao Paulo) wants to play a role in the international scenario and in order to ensure that defined voluntary goals for carbon reduction (regulation) .
Then companies and entities started this discussion, most still in the beginning (mapping CO2) but leaders in their sectors already understanding the importance to set up goals (neutralization).
Only to give an example: Nowadays the Environmental Ministry is calling companies and entities to discuss the following agenda:
What are the challenges in terms of sustainability for companies in Brazil and how can the government help? What are the challenges for private sector in direction to a Low Carbon Economy? How to ensure Brazil's leadership positioning in the world?
Suggestions for innovation for the government
Management tools used by private sector that can be used by the government
How can Brazil produce more and preserve more?
How can the country advance in public-private partnership?
:) Interesting times when the government wants to discuss this Agenda with society!... Great opportunity for real advancements!
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Then companies and entities started this discussion, most still in the beginning (mapping CO2) but leaders in their sectors already understanding the importance to set up goals (neutralization).
Only to give an example: Nowadays the Environmental Ministry is calling companies and entities to discuss the following agenda:
What are the challenges in terms of sustainability for companies in Brazil and how can the government help? What are the challenges for private sector in direction to a Low Carbon Economy? How to ensure Brazil's leadership positioning in the world?
Suggestions for innovation for the government
Management tools used by private sector that can be used by the government
How can Brazil produce more and preserve more?
How can the country advance in public-private partnership?
:) Interesting times when the government wants to discuss this Agenda with society!... Great opportunity for real advancements!
Postado por Sustentabilid
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